PenUltimate 7-in-1 Pen – cool pocket tool makes you very handy andy

Things always go a little pear shaped just when you least expect it. Round about the time you’re about to propose to your partner, or when you’re trying to catch the last bus home during the biggest downpour since the Great Flood. Well now you have a small, but probably significant way to fight back with a new pocket friendly gadget.

The PenUltimate 7-in-1 Pen is a carry anywhere nano-toolbox which contains tiny useful things which should help in all kinds of emergencies. The pen obviously writes (d’oh) but also acts as a capacitive stylus for your phone or tablet. It can also serve as a metric ruler in a pinch, because who knows, one day you may need to measure a cucumber for some bizarre reason.

The aluminum designed utensil also comes with Philips and flat edge screwdriver attachments, and most strangely of all it has a spirit level embedded in the chassis so you can make sure the fridge is level again after you move it to retrieve the dog. Amazing! The whole toolkit costs a mere $24.99 and you can buy replaceable D1 ink cartridges to keep the pen functional over time.

Nigel is the managing editor of the Red Ferret, as well as a freelance columnist for the Sunday Times newspaper in London. Loves tech and fancies himself as a bit of a futurist, but then don’t we all?